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The Bishop Learns the Facts

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Clerical confusion reigns when Noote's friend asks him to marry her. Adapted from TV. With Jonathan Cecil. From July 1972.

Clerical confusion reigns when Noote's friend asks him to marry her.

Ecclesiastical sitcom which started life on Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ TV.

Written and adapted by husband-and-wife team, Pauline Devaney and Edwin Apps.

The Archdeacon …. Robertson Hare
The Bishop …. William Mervyn
The Reverend Mervyn Noote …. Jonathan Cecil
The Dean …. John Barron
Julia …. Jo Kendall
Mary …. Betty Bascombe

'All Gas And Gaiters' started life as a TV pilot in Comedy Playhouse, ahead of a run on Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ1 from 1966 to 1971.

Selected scripts were revised and re-recorded for radio.

Producer: David Hatch.

First broadcast on Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4 in July 1972.

30 minutes

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Sun 23 Jan 2022 09:00

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